New BOS A330 base coming
07-03-2024, 10:25 PM
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07-04-2024, 12:00 AM
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I don't really think it is anything more than our marketing dept and changing market conditions along with the elimination of the 767 on international flights. Once marketing says " we have X number of destinations internationally on the same type of aircraft, you almost have the have a base for reliability.
07-04-2024, 05:21 AM
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I don't know why anyone believes anything they say on this subject. They've proven many times that what they say isn't worth the paper it's written on. At this point I wouldn't be surprised to see SLC330 spots on the AE and no BOS base at all lol.
07-04-2024, 05:35 AM
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BOS base makes sense, lots of Euro starts.
More importantly it's a one hour drive for me. JFK has become such a painful slog, used to be 2:30 consistently, now routinely 4 hours.
I had a teaser of BOS on the 320 then covid put a wet blanket on that.
When got hired at NWA they were closing the BOS base, nice to see there is a chance...optimistic!
More importantly it's a one hour drive for me. JFK has become such a painful slog, used to be 2:30 consistently, now routinely 4 hours.
I had a teaser of BOS on the 320 then covid put a wet blanket on that.
When got hired at NWA they were closing the BOS base, nice to see there is a chance...optimistic!
07-04-2024, 05:42 AM
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I don't really think it is anything more than our marketing dept and changing market conditions along with the elimination of the 767 on international flights. Once marketing says " we have X number of destinations internationally on the same type of aircraft, you almost have the have a base for reliability.
07-04-2024, 05:45 AM
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They have moved the football many times...agree anything is possible and predictable.
07-04-2024, 06:20 AM
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Just talked to a friend who lives near BOS. He is not really happy with the base opening. Currently he does what I did as a commuter. Drops a good part of his schedule and picks up all the broken up W trips through Boston. There are also similar trips that can be picked up in the initial bid package. 4 day trips that fly as 3 day trips paying 21 hours with 14 hours of block were always a good thing. Plus you got PS at least one way.
With the high credit time many of the Europe trips will have flown from BOS as a 3 day I would expect you will see a lot of 6 day trips covering the SLC flying on W patterns. The other option would be 2 man crews on the short Europe to offset the credit.
With the high credit time many of the Europe trips will have flown from BOS as a 3 day I would expect you will see a lot of 6 day trips covering the SLC flying on W patterns. The other option would be 2 man crews on the short Europe to offset the credit.
07-04-2024, 06:30 AM
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Just talked to a friend who lives near BOS. He is not really happy with the base opening. Currently he does what I did as a commuter. Drops a good part of his schedule and picks up all the broken up W trips through Boston. There are also similar trips that can be picked up in the initial bid package. 4 day trips that fly as 3 day trips paying 21 hours with 14 hours of block were always a good thing. Plus you got PS at least one way.
With the high credit time many of the Europe trips will have flown from BOS as a 3 day I would expect you will see a lot of 6 day trips covering the SLC flying on W patterns. The other option would be 2 man crews on the short Europe to offset the credit.
With the high credit time many of the Europe trips will have flown from BOS as a 3 day I would expect you will see a lot of 6 day trips covering the SLC flying on W patterns. The other option would be 2 man crews on the short Europe to offset the credit.
07-04-2024, 06:42 AM
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change which makes fleet planning make some changes that result in larger changes to pilot staffing decisions and he doesn’t know when they are coming.
I don’t think it’s secret squirrel as much as they just don’t know. I give it a 50/50 that BS sends a crew resource email saying that changes were made in forecasting and the BOS base has been postponed.
07-04-2024, 06:59 AM
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Just talked to a friend who lives near BOS. He is not really happy with the base opening. Currently he does what I did as a commuter. Drops a good part of his schedule and picks up all the broken up W trips through Boston. There are also similar trips that can be picked up in the initial bid package. 4 day trips that fly as 3 day trips paying 21 hours with 14 hours of block were always a good thing. Plus you got PS at least one way.
With the high credit time many of the Europe trips will have flown from BOS as a 3 day I would expect you will see a lot of 6 day trips covering the SLC flying on W patterns. The other option would be 2 man crews on the short Europe to offset the credit.
With the high credit time many of the Europe trips will have flown from BOS as a 3 day I would expect you will see a lot of 6 day trips covering the SLC flying on W patterns. The other option would be 2 man crews on the short Europe to offset the credit.
He rather commute to NY?
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